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- Birth nameGeorge Michael Gill
- Michael Gill was born on December 10, 1923 in Winchester, Hampshire, England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for America: A Personal History of the United States (1972), Civilisation (1969) and Artists' Notebooks (1964). He was married to Georgina Denison and Yvonne Gilan. He died on October 20, 2005 in London, England, UK.
- SpousesGeorgina Denison(1978 - October 20, 2005) (his death, 1 child)Yvonne Gilan(1951 - 1978) (divorced, 2 children)
- Father of A.A. Gill.
- He was educated at Wootton Court Preparatory School (1937), St Edmund's School, Canterbury (1938-1939) and read Philosophy and Pscyhology at Edinburgh University after the Second World War.
- Was considered one of the great film-makers of the 20th Century, having made more than 150 films for television and the cinema. He won more than 40 major awards including four Emmy and three Peabody awards.
- He was in the process of writing his memoirs, but his memory was failing from his Alzheimer's. His wife Georgina completed the works "Growing Into War," published in late 2005.
- In October 1998, Gill's younger son, Nicholas, a talented chef who at one time had a Michelin star at Hambledon Hall, disappeared and has never been seen again.
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